Whilst we’re in the season of Piemonte, with the competition and everything, I thought I’d continue with a kind of Piemonte 101. As we heard from last time, Piemonte’s up in the North West of Italy, in that little bit in between France, Switzerland, and the sea. Directly translated to “the foot of the mountains” …
We’re closing in towards the end of the competition we’re running to give away a Lazenne WineCheck of 12 bottles of amazing Piemontese wines. This week it’s time to highlight the work and wines of our penultimate winemaker, Fabrizio Francone from Neive, whose vineyards are a great place to tour and taste great wines!
Last weekend my sister got married. Did we ever think we’d see the day? 🙂 Only kidding, of course we did, and I’m lucky that the fella in question is a top guy and we’re all very happy to welcome him into the family. Especially after the two of the sorted us out with the …
For quite a while now I’ve heard Aussie’s banging on about sparkling Shiraz. For those of you who’ve never tried it, I do mean Shiraz, the red wine grape that makes all those massive Rhône classics under the French name Syrah. Not sure why I picked out France in particular, it makes huge wines all …
I had this one pretty early on in the week, as a good mate of mine, Ben, popped over after work to have a catch up. The perfect guinea pig cos he’ll eat and drink most things that are put in front of him, and is always happy to let us know what he thinks …
(Apologies in advance, bit of a long one this one. Basically it’s just 1 big recipe and a couple of little ones with it, so here it goes…) Whenever I think about Italian red wines, I guess I just head straight for my comfort zone. That means thick, tomato-based stews, and ragu. I’m slowly getting …
#NWTW Week 4: Food Pairing With Piemontese Barbera Read More »
As we’ve been saying in the last couple of posts Barbera does alright on most soils and slopes, but that’s not to say it doesn’t change in terms of the taste and drinkability (I thought I’d just made up a word, but spell checker hasn’t even blinked!) depending on where it’s grown. The two more …
#NWTW Week 4: What To Expect From Piemontese Barbera Read More »
Barbera is a red grape mostly associated with Piemonte. Barbera as a grape has a couple of things going for it. Firstly it’s relatively easy to grow in most places, and secondly you can mess about with it in the cellar to produce a few different styles. When I say easy to grow in most …
For people who like to pop into the supermarket and pick up a bottle or two of wine every now and again, Italian wines will be no stranger to them. There’s the famous idea of Tuscany, the home of the ever-present Chianti. There’s Sicily, whose marketing co-ops have thrust their solid wines onto the £5 …
Here we are at week 4 already! So we’ve gone for a couple of new world (roughly speaking that means non-european) wines so far, and one from the old world. We’ve had a couple of whites, and just the one red. So just to even it all up it’s an old world red, and this …
